{"id":7974,"date":"2010-04-24T08:51:41","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T06:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=7974"},"modified":"2010-04-24T08:51:41","modified_gmt":"2010-04-24T06:51:41","slug":"winetasting-in-franschhoek-on-a-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/franschhoek\/winetasting-in-franschhoek-on-a-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"Winetasting in Franschhoek on a roll!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A novel means of allowing tourists and winelovers to taste the wines of Franschhoek and sections of the Paarl wine region, as well as the renowned restaurants of Franschhoek,\u00a0is being developed by Franschhoek entrepreneur Dave Blyth and his son Sean.\u00a0 They are planning to operate two historic trams on an unused railway track running between Franschhoek and Paarl, reports the Cape Argus.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The project costs R 10 million to become operational, and the 1930’s trams, costing R 2,5 million each,\u00a0will be imported from Australia. They are expected to start operating from the end of the year.\u00a0\u00a0 The Blyths have signed a lease with Transnet for the use of the train track.<\/p>\n

The novel tourism\u00a0service is to\u00a0offer an hop-on hop-off service,\u00a0with 10 – 12\u00a0stops planned, giving its users a safe way to drink-and-drive\u00a0their way to Franschhoek’s wine estates, to eat at some of the best restaurants in the country, to visit a lavender farm, to try their hand at trout fly-fishing, and maybe even do some shopping at\u00a0a craft market.\u00a0\u00a0 The tram will travel at 45 km per hour, and will halt at every stop every hour.\u00a0\u00a0 The trams can transport 50 passengers at a time,\u00a0who can enjoy an audio commentary on the highlights they are passing.<\/p>\n

“Our aim is to create a tourism icon here in Franschhoek on a par with the Table Mountain Cableway or the Cape Point funicular.\u00a0 We want the train to become synonymous with Franschhoek and winetasting” said Blyth.<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A novel means of allowing tourists and winelovers to taste the wines of Franschhoek and sections of the Paarl wine region, as well as the renowned restaurants of Franschhoek,\u00a0is being developed by Franschhoek entrepreneur Dave Blyth and his son Sean.\u00a0 They are planning to operate two historic trams on an unused railway track running between […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[124,14,20,22,21,19],"tags":[547,4345,32378,4346,4343,4349,32369,4350,4348,32384,13,1678,4344,1721,4342,654,4347,32373,572,79],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t